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It will be worth the effort every time you open the hood! Trust me! Looks great. Nice execution. Â If it works out to your liking you can blend in the welds and then get a foundry to put it in their Wheelabrator machine. this will help give it a nice even finish and look more like a single casting. Derek

 I've had problems since the forum switch with firefox. I went to Opera and the problems went away. I keep hoping it will straighten out.. Derek

Wow I hope this works out well for you. I also had ordered from them about a year and a half ago and had no problems. But in this economy a year and a half is a lifetime. Derek

Not sure if your going the .080" shave or not but here's my shameless plug for the shims I sell. Cam shims Derek

Well the Chrysler TPS was a piece of crap as well. I've been suffering with it for months now. I finally decided to fix the problem.  I ended up with one from Motec. Worked like a champ and was reasonable at $45.00. I have much better resolution so my TPS based accel enrichment works much better. Just thought I'd update this for future reference. Derek

Your wish is my command! Alright I'm going to be knocking out another 8 setups. Those with the first dibs are according to the date they contacted me. PrOxLaMuS EvilC  280zNHChris attyoung911 ashintar ModernS30 If your on this list please let me know your status. Derek

I don't think it was a hijack. The boat and lake would have a calming affect which would allow me to have a better feel for the throttle. Derek

Ok I'm a little confused. Dan says I should reduce my COS error by extending the link from the firewall to the butterflies. Tony seems to be saying I should buy a house on the lake and get an old Chris Craft. Unfortunately in this economy I can only afford Dan's idea so I ordered up a length of hex aluminum to make a longer link. Derek

I figured that's where you were heading with that question! I think it must play into it for sure. But opening up the angle has made a big enough difference that I'll probably be sticking with this arrangement. It's still touchy but compared to what I had it's a huge improvement. Theoretically I could make a cam wheel to drive a cable over to the throttle lever. I may give that a try some day but my to do list is so freeking long right now it's beyond "back burner" DerekÂ

Hi Tim Not hard mounted but I have a torque plate welded across the drivers side mount. There is very little movement under acceleration. DerekÂ

The old crank is still sitting here on my desk!Â

Well I had a little free time in the Bridgeport so i figured I'd better get it knocked out! And it was bugging me for year. DerekÂ

Success! on the first test I opened up the angle 10 degrees. Throttle response was smoother. Went another 5 degrees and that was just right. I shortened the link that's parallel to the firewall and got my full throttle back. Did last nights and this mornings commute and it was a huge improvement. I can actually lug through a turn now without lurching. Thanks Ron Derek

Thanks Ron. Looks like a workable idea. I'll cut a couple test ones out of corian to get a feel for it. I'll update with results. Thanks Derek

Well I've got about a year of daily driving on this rig and I'm ready to fix something that's been bugging me for a while. Getting it of the line smoothly. The throttle is just too touchy at the bottom end. Here's a shot of what I'm currently using I can't seem to come up with a good way to make it progressive without going to an eccentric and cable arangement. Anyone have any ideas on a progressive setup that uses the rod configuration I have? Thanks Derek

Might want to read this first! RFID Hack Derek

My arms got tired just watching it! WOW Great vid. Derek

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Great work Tim! Derek

Thanks for the order. Glad you like them. Derek

Hi Carl This may sound a bit crude but I just built a porch on my house and used a foam sandwich material for the roof panels. It's 3" thick foam with 2 sheets of powdercoated aluminum bonded to them. They come in 4' wide and 2' wide and have an interlocking edge. The stuff is really tough and very reasonably priced. You order it cut to length. It's the same stuff they make walk in cooler with. This would be good for the sides but not the floor. Just a thought. Derek

It looks to me like the front manifold is bent outward. Is the level sitting flat against the back two? If that's the case I would adjust the casting a bit. If you go that path I can give you a few pointers about working with cast aluminum. Derek

Looks good. Is there a "view new content" link? That would help. Jeff if you scroll down to the bottom of the browser on the left side is a drop down. Switch it to lo-fi and try that. Derek

That has to be it. I wondered why the asbestos hype but that makes sense. You see. Proof that all of the collective wisdom is right here on HybridZ. You get a cookie Derek

I know some of you guys buy from Mcmaster. I got my new catolog in the mail today. They're pretty tough to get so there used to be a market on ebay for them. I thought I would see if they were selling. Then I stumbled upon this http://cgi.ebay.com/McMaster-Carr-Supply-Catalog-70-1964-ASBESTOS_W0QQitemZ190370575283QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Texbook_Education?hash=item2c52f873b3 And that's not the only one that sold in that range. I'm speechless. Derek